American military assessments have broadly echoed this view, say people who maintain close ties to military intelligence officers.

Even with the upbeat American military assessment, there is no guarantee that the accord will heal a nation ravaged by nearly four years of killing.

Those attacks have not yet begun in earnest, according to American military assessments.

The American assessment is that much of the resistance is organized.

American and British assessments are from 5 to 10 years.

The American assessment comes to $19 billion.

But more than a change of personalities was complicating the American assessment of the relationship with the British at this time.

In American assessments that line is not so clear.

According to the American assessment, only 4,000 Afghan troops will be trained and equipped by the end of September.

The American assessment was for spending $19 billion, bringing the total overall needs to $55 billion.